Today when Empire star Jsie Smollett nfimed that he is gay on The Ellen Show, he joed a long list of gay Black celebri who are out of the closet and lovg .
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29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
Tim ntue to change Hollywood and around the untry. Over the past uple years, more and more celebri have e out of the closet as gay. * gay celebrities out of the closet *
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"When I was younger I thought I was straight, bee I was more attracted to women, and I didn't know there were more optns bis Gay and Straight.
The 25-year-old pcher, who had played for the Richmond Flyg Squirrels of the San Francis Giants Double-A mor league team before his recent release, told The Advote he ma the announcement to show that gay men have a place the sport. "I do feel as if we need more people that are gay to e out but jt on their own time and if they have the strength, " Bat tells The Advote. He said he had a long-term girliend at the time of his Idol appearance, so he cled to fe his sexualy then, although he was the subject of mors that he was gay.